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Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"The Secrets of Mental Math, his exciting new 12-lecture course, guides you through all the essential skills, tips, and tricks for improving and enhancing your ability to solve a range of mathematical problems right in your head"--The Great Courses website.
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Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Thirty six half-hour lectures that cover all the major topics of a full-year calculus course in high school at the College Board Advanced Placement AB level or a first-semester course in college. Includes crystal-clear explanations of the beautiful ideas of calculus, frequent study tips, pitfalls to avoid, and hundreds of examples and practice problems that are specifically designed to explain and reinforce major concepts. -- Publisher.
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Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Discusses discrete mathematics, a subject that is off the beaten track that most of us followed in school but that has vital applications in computer science, cryptography, engineering, and problem solving of all types. Focusing on three of discrete mathematics most important fields (combinatorics, number theory and graph theory), presents a selection of problems, proofs, and applications.
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Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In these 24 highly enjoyable lectures, National Geographic takes you into the multifaceted world of birding, focusing on the astonishing range of bird species in North America. With its wide spectrum of wildlife habitats, North America is an endless region of interest for birders from around the world. Within the course, you'll make an in-depth study of bird identification, covering bird size, shape, and color, flight patterns, geographic range, habitats,...
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Series
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
©2017
Language
English
Description
In these 30 lively, step-by-step lectures, Professor Ann Williams of the Metropolitan State University of Denver has crafted an effective and engaging course that gives you the core building blocks of the language while also giving you crucial insight into the relationship between French and French-speaking cultures.
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Turning Points in American History is your chance to relive the most powerful and groundbreaking moments in the fascinating story of the United States of America. These 48 lectures, delivered by masterful historian and dynamic Professor Edward T. O'Donnell of College of the Holy Cross, offer you a different perspective on the sweeping narrative of U. S. history. Spanning the arrival of the first English colonists to the chaos of the Civil War to the...
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The piano is one of the most gratifying instruments to play, and an excellent introduction to the theory and practice of music. From folk melodies and holiday tunes to challenging classical forms or jazzy improvisation, the piano is also one of the most versatile instruments, allowing both melodic lead and harmonic accompaniment. Yet, too many people who want to play don't know where to begin-or believe playing requires too much work-so they miss...
12) How to sing
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Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
These expertly designed lessons break down the elements of voice technique into graspable steps, guiding to build solid skills as a singer and to express self through any kind of music or style. In this course, learn how to find freedom of movement and flexibility in the vocal mechanism; produce a clear tone; develop resonance, and interpret a text and communicate connections to it in singing.
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Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Now, in Fundamentals of Photography II, a vibrant and vital continuation of our best-selling Fundamentals of Photography, you'll hone your skills, improve your ability to optimize picture-perfect moments, and capture jaw-dropping images. Filmed entirely on location and designed as an extension of the first course, Fundamentals II adds new skills to your repertoire and expands upon the skills you already know. It's your chance to rejoin award-winning...
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Publisher
The Great Courses
Language
English
Description
Many people have the mistaken idea that only 'born artists' can paint. But the truth is much more exciting, with the right training, anyone can learn the skill of painting! In this course, artist David Brody teaches those skills in 34 easy-to-follow lessons. He begins by teaching the basics and then moves on to developing technique by having viewers copy from some of the world's most iconic paintings.
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Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Presents lectures (each 30 minutes in length) by Michael Starbird, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin. Presents a collection of topics that reveal the rich, wondrous structure of what we see around us. Patterns in nature are the source of our geometrical understanding of the world. Abstracting those patterns leads to concepts from classical geometry. Extensions of those and other ideas of form have created a landscape...
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